tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13363466857035226432020-06-05T17:20:35.440-04:00 African DynamoTrends you should followYomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-31784609482312230172020-03-05T02:00:00.000-05:002020-03-05T02:49:54.826-05:00Rotating Through Inpatient Family Medicine <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yxzHT2vFnYY/Xl8IODA7LdI/AAAAAAAAQbw/atSDcXbAoM8TcDEaaPOo_CkPiIj5lYIvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/family%2Bmedicine.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Yomi Adeyemi, Student doctor Family Medicine" border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yxzHT2vFnYY/Xl8IODA7LdI/AAAAAAAAQbw/atSDcXbAoM8TcDEaaPOo_CkPiIj5lYIvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/family%2Bmedicine.png" title="Student Doctor Abayomi Adeyemi" /></a></div><br />I've been a bit busy lately so this one's a little late, but here it is; Family Medicine. More than any other specialty, this one encapsulates the kind of work that I think most people have in mind when they think about "their doctor". These are the docs that you see for regular checkups, and who refer you to specialists when necessary. They're also the docs that can take care of you during a hospitalization, help you deliver a baby, and even take care of children. In some rural areas, family docs may even be the only docs available. The scope of practice is impressive, and it really appeals to me.<br /><br />This particular family medicine rotation is on the inpatient service. That means I'm spending four weeks doing hospital based work, which actually makes this rotation a lot like my<a href="https://www.africandynamo.com/2019/05/my-typical-week-as-3rd-year-med-student.html" target="_blank"> internal medicine rotation.&nbsp;</a><br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Here's a typical week in my schedule:</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YlEMFp9bfUc/Xl8JhSXtcxI/AAAAAAAAQb4/Tzi3LkCgy6Ik4KhCRT31CWcfDfuwIsYiACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-03%2Bat%2B5.50.25%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YlEMFp9bfUc/Xl8JhSXtcxI/AAAAAAAAQb4/Tzi3LkCgy6Ik4KhCRT31CWcfDfuwIsYiACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-03%2Bat%2B5.50.25%2BPM.png" /></a></div><br /><br />The schedule is simple; two nights then a day off (I spent this week's day off doing an all-day Kaplan prep course for my upcoming USMLE Step 2 CS exam), then six days. Two of the days are "rounds" which are a bit shorter. The schedule then repeats. Thats it<br /><br />The family medicine inpatient service at my hospital is divided into 5 teams. Generally each team takes turns bringing on new admits during day shifts, and one team takes patients during night shifts. If a patient has been followed for visits outside the hospital by a particular Resident, that patient is admitted onto the Resident's team to have "continuity care" with the doctor they are already familiar with.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Nights</h3>Students show up at 8pm for sign out from the day teams. After sign out, we see patients on team(s) we are covering for the next day for their day off, in addition to any patients assigned to our team. During a night shift we take new admits from the ED. In the morning we then round on patients with an attending physician, and sign out our patients to the day teams. Students are usually let go by 10am. Rinse and repeat for a second night.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Days</h3>Morning pre-rounds start at 8am. Students are expected to continue following any patients we admitted on a night shift or previous day. This is where students looking to make a good impression can show their knowledge by coming up with great plans of care, and giving brief clinical presentations on aspects of patient's diagnoses or management. Rounds with our attending physician are usually concluded by 12pm. afternoons are spent writing discharge summaries for patients who a re leaving, and getting follow up appointments scheduled for these patients as well. Day teams also take turns getting new admits from the ED. By 5pm days are done, and I head home for shelf/step study.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Rounds</h3>These are short days. We still start at 8am with pre-rounds then round with an attending until about 12pm, but we aren't expected to take on new admits, so after tasks needed for patients getting discharged are done, we head home.<br /><br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Final Thoughts</h3>I'm coming toward the close of my third year of medical school, and it has been quite the journey. The experiences I've had this year have at times been totally unexpected. I've had highs and lows along with my fellow med students, and through it all I've really begun to understand what I want out of a career in medicine. When I was young, I was always that kid who said I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. My idea of what a doctor did was pretty much what I now know falls under family practice. In the years since then, especially during college and graduate school, I'd really gravitated toward the surgical subspecialties and I thought I'd go into general surgery. My rotation experiences have really changed things though, and in a way my feelings have come full circle. I want to become that doctor I had in mind as a young boy. The doc that patient's trust with their regular care. The doc that can take care of the patient from birth to old age. The family doc.<br /><br />I'll have to wait till August for my outpatient family medicine rotation in my 4th year, and I'll of course be keeping my mind open for that experience. At this point though, I'm pretty sure that this is the specialty for me. If you'd like to see these moments captured day-to-day, check out my pages on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dynamoMD/?eid=ARD6SbOwu6KzNAycHRJY14WNAn-63jpyZtfrGn5XIKc4UJC1EMEi1q0cjtbQ5hSp_h5U2DAn-m3q2_eh" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com2Colton, CA, USA34.0739016 -117.313654733.9686606 -117.4750162 34.1791426 -117.1522932tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-59634296502326470032020-01-12T18:07:00.004-05:002020-01-12T23:23:16.655-05:00Surgery...for Women | My Obstetrics and Gynecology Rotation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MUA3UH9M938/XhuYM2PerEI/AAAAAAAAQTI/lTrVsroEH_gScoFFORigqCi6DO17fMZBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/My%2BPost.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MUA3UH9M938/XhuYM2PerEI/AAAAAAAAQTI/lTrVsroEH_gScoFFORigqCi6DO17fMZBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/My%2BPost.png" title="Student doctor Yomi Adeyemi SGU School of Medicine" /></a></div><br />It's the start of a brand new decade, and my medical school calendar begins with the joys of Ob/Gyn. The upside? I'll help bring new life into the world during the labor and delivery block of this rotation. The downside? I'd say roughly 70% of female patients are more comfortable being seen by a female provider, and that leaves Y chromosome-carrying med students like myself in a bit of a bind when it comes to learning the practical skills needed to effectively provide women's health care. In some ways, I think it's understandable that patient's preferences be accommodated, but from what I've seen so far, the field of Ob/Gyn is headed for an extreme imbalance in terms female to male ratio of providers. It is what it is I suppose...<br /><br />I've been pleasantly surprised by the schedule for this rotation. We've got lectures every morning for example, and they've been really interesting so far. Also instead of random night shifts for call duty, they've been kind enough to schedule "night float" where I'll be able to flip my sleep schedule and work nights for a few days in a row. All very manageable. My schedule breaks down roughly into 3 weeks of clinic, and roughly one week of gynecologic surgery, labor and delivery, and night float.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Women's Health Clinic</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cWCyWEHS7E/Xht-4L4GJdI/AAAAAAAAQSs/ZFOI4Z4Y3b4KW7Je-qElKH1_Or8IFDxVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-10%2Bat%2B4.11.54%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cWCyWEHS7E/Xht-4L4GJdI/AAAAAAAAQSs/ZFOI4Z4Y3b4KW7Je-qElKH1_Or8IFDxVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-10%2Bat%2B4.11.54%2BPM.png" /></a></div><br />Every day starts with 8am lectures. Clinic begins at 9am and ends when the last patient is seen (usually around 4-5pm but sometimes as late as 6pm). Students complete all necessary forms for patients, then present to PA, resident or attending. We discuss care/plan with the patient after presenting. If a pelvic exam is required, an attending and a chaperone are called.<br /><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Gynecologic Surgery</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_m9sR8NEcNE/Xht-4VoP8yI/AAAAAAAAQSw/F45Y-gAm4LwSRarpl_ibaRkIY00JerHFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-10%2Bat%2B4.12.50%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_m9sR8NEcNE/Xht-4VoP8yI/AAAAAAAAQSw/F45Y-gAm4LwSRarpl_ibaRkIY00JerHFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-10%2Bat%2B4.12.50%2BPM.png" /></a></div>This is the point where the rotations starts to feel alot like surgery all over again. Days start at 5:30am with pre-rounding on patients. By 6:30 rounds with the attending begin and students are expected to present said patients and have completed daily progress notes for each one. Surgical cases start at 7:30am, and students skip lectures if scrubbed in on a case, otherwise, lectures are every day at 8am. The afternoons are spent doing surgical cases or scut work until the residents send us home.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Night Float + Labor and Delivery</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1d2bWcB37pQ/Xht-3TV57nI/AAAAAAAAQS0/k7bGNfpfmTo7iRO-PalxYFJDNMmJyVgKQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-10%2Bat%2B4.16.10%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1d2bWcB37pQ/Xht-3TV57nI/AAAAAAAAQS0/k7bGNfpfmTo7iRO-PalxYFJDNMmJyVgKQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-01-10%2Bat%2B4.16.10%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&nbsp;I was pleasantly surprised by the schedule for nights. It's much easier to flip over my sleep schedule to rest during the days and work at night for a few days in a row than to have nights every 3 or 4 days. For this rotation, I'll have a total of 5 nights. Not bad</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By far, Labor and Delivery is what I look forward to most. I've already been lucky enough to observe a couple live births <a href="https://www.africandynamo.com/2019/11/pediatrics-rotation.html" target="_blank">during my Pediatrics rotation</a>, but this time I'll be scrubbed in and hopefully doing the actual baby catching. I'll spend 5 days helping to bring new life into the world. Should be fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Final Thoughts</h3>Before I began this rotation, I'd heard widely varying accounts from other students about their experiences during Ob/Gyn. I think the reason for that boils down to how well different students can handle the patient population, and work with the residents, PA's, attendings etc. So far, my experience has been pretty pleasant, but I'll be updating this post with my thoughts as the rotation goes on.<br /><br />To check out my day-to-day, follow me on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dynamoMD/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. And if you're&nbsp; pre-med, subscribe to our new&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRV4QJEE0oXBfeqH3K1zy8g" target="_blank">Youtube channel</a>, and join&nbsp;<a href="https://www.diversemedicine.com/" target="_blank">diverse medicine</a>&nbsp;for mentorship and advice on how to get into medical school.<br /><br /><br />Best!<br /><br />Dynamo<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-9872905413842227962019-11-26T20:39:00.000-05:002019-11-27T01:14:59.703-05:00"Hi, I'm the Baby Doctor" | Rotating Through Pediatrics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GLjAlbCwg_U/Xdyj12WHmCI/AAAAAAAAQJM/id9TzqQyQLYIQyOx4U_xbc9V6m2BeYIcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/pediatricsarticle.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GLjAlbCwg_U/Xdyj12WHmCI/AAAAAAAAQJM/id9TzqQyQLYIQyOx4U_xbc9V6m2BeYIcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/pediatricsarticle.png" title="Abayomi Adeyemi, Student doctor SGU School of Medicine" /></a></div><br />Let me start by saying that children are awesome. They tend to be brutally honest, high energy, fun loving, and endlessly entertaining. With that said, dealing with sick kids (and their often worried and anxious parents) can be difficult. Nevertheless, for the next 6 weeks that is exactly what I'll be doing.<br /><br />On paper, this rotation is pretty straight forward (and certainly less demanding than my previous <a href="https://www.africandynamo.com/2019/08/my-typical-week-as-third-year-medical.html" target="_blank">Surgery rotation</a>). The six week rotation is divided into three two-week blocks; Newborns, Pediatric Clinic, and the Pediatric Wards.<br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Newborn (aka Mommy and Baby)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-79fSi1NTSsg/Xdyl_DWAMlI/AAAAAAAAQJc/bpq6w_hgNzoww8hFsDSbecVagQmsl9EHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/pediatrics%2Bschedule2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1600" height="376" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-79fSi1NTSsg/Xdyl_DWAMlI/AAAAAAAAQJc/bpq6w_hgNzoww8hFsDSbecVagQmsl9EHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/pediatrics%2Bschedule2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This two-week block is pretty straight forward on paper. Days start at 6:30 AM with pre-rounding, and then rounds with the Attending physician begin around 8-9am. As a medical student, my job is to presents 4-6 patients to the attending. This means reviewing the mother and baby's records from prenatal care through delivery, seeing the family and examining the baby, then writing a note. Rounds typically last through the early afternoon.<br /><br />Around lunch time we have lectures twice a week (last week they were on ADHD and Tuberculosis screening and treatment). Then after lunch medical students help the Resident with any tasks they ask for. During this time, I've helped with baby "transitions" from c-section (basically the ObGyn removes the baby from the uterus and hands it to the pediatrics residents, and we do a bunch of tests and measurements to make sure the baby is healthy). I've also assisted with circumcisions, and helped new mothers get discharged home with their bundles of joy.<br /><br />In the evenings I hit the books for Step 2 prep, and for the first time in my 3rd year I often have some time to read for pleasure! My current read&nbsp; is "<a href="https://amzn.to/35AbP6f" target="_blank">Mans fourth best Hospital</a>" by Samuel Shem. I'll be writing a review about it soon.<br /><br />My schedule for Pediatric wards is basically the same as this block.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Pediatric Clinic</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHXrsZn2-Q4/Xd3MkGmnPMI/AAAAAAAAQJs/-DKuC0y1u70QUeUpUqM4-FcXE6dJbK0IgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/peds%2Bschedule2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1600" height="394" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHXrsZn2-Q4/Xd3MkGmnPMI/AAAAAAAAQJs/-DKuC0y1u70QUeUpUqM4-FcXE6dJbK0IgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/peds%2Bschedule2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />This block is probably the most straight forward on paper, but in practice the most complex. The thing is, children of all ages come into the clinic, but almost every age group has very specific needs. Everything from the important records to review, to the patient interview, physical exam, and course of treatment change depending on the child's age. What you end up with is a clinic where you're constantly readjusting (and as a med student re-reviewing) before every patient.<br /><br />Days start at 8:30. Break for lunch or lecture. Then back at it till 4pm. Just as with Wards, I've had time to study for Step 2 every evening. This rotation also assigns students "call duty". I use the parentheses because compared with the call duty hours from my <a href="https://www.africandynamo.com/2019/08/my-typical-week-as-third-year-medical.html" target="_blank">surgery</a> or <a href="https://www.africandynamo.com/2019/05/my-typical-week-as-3rd-year-med-student.html" target="_blank">internal medicine</a> rotations, this is far less demanding. Basically on call days we have to show up and work a regular day. No night hours, just weekends and holidays. For me that means Thanksgiving at the medical center this year, where I'll be&nbsp; thankful for a relatively stress free rotation.<br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Final Thoughts</h2><br />This rotation marks the halfway point for my third year of medical school. At this point, I've begun to form pretty solid ideas about which specialty I plan to pursue. I've actually<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiySI3nwZuE" target="_blank">&nbsp;revealed my choice on Youtube</a>, if you're interested to know. looking back, Its amazing that I've learned so much in the last six months. Thinking back to my first day as a confused newbie on internal medicine, I've certainly gotten my sea legs since then. With that said, working with the attendings reminds me every day that I have so much more to learn. And of course so much more to share with you here in the future.<br /><br />To check out my day-to-day, follow me on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dynamoMD/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. And if you're&nbsp; pre-med, subscribe to our new&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRV4QJEE0oXBfeqH3K1zy8g" target="_blank">Youtube channel</a>, and join&nbsp;<a href="https://www.diversemedicine.com/" target="_blank">diverse medicine</a>&nbsp;for mentorship and advice on how to get into medical school.<br /><br /><br />Best!<br /><br />Dynamo<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-7736334969506577042019-10-13T18:25:00.001-04:002019-10-13T18:35:14.134-04:00The World's First African Smartphone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y9hv3j9cUak/XaOk7N8jB8I/AAAAAAAAQAQ/Xw_dJgHlwsMsmw_vjIKvALZFA95T7hhWACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Mara-X.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y9hv3j9cUak/XaOk7N8jB8I/AAAAAAAAQAQ/Xw_dJgHlwsMsmw_vjIKvALZFA95T7hhWACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Mara-X.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Mara Corporation, based in Rwanda, is set to release the first smartphone fully manufactured in Africa. The company has partnered with Google to create the software on this phone, which will run Android and be part of the Google One initiative; meaning the phone will have access to the latest Android features.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KbnB0a_P0KU" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-14928327079189431532019-09-25T13:53:00.000-04:002020-03-05T02:22:05.099-05:00Lets Talk About Child Life Professionals | Interview with Kathleen Boone <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K2-Q1X0bpbI/XY1ewGfQX2I/AAAAAAAAP9g/yZ9r0VxvT34vvynIcerUaNIsN7CYmOhsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ChildlifeYoutubethubmnailwide.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1451" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K2-Q1X0bpbI/XY1ewGfQX2I/AAAAAAAAP9g/yZ9r0VxvT34vvynIcerUaNIsN7CYmOhsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ChildlifeYoutubethubmnailwide.png" title="Yomi Adeyemi interviews Kathleen Boone about child life" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Patients need doctors to coordinate their care, but without a supporting team of allied health professionals to help, the truth is that doctors would never be able to accomplish a fraction of what gets done today. So the question is, who makes up the broad team of allied health professionals? The answer to that question took me down an interesting path of discovery, and is the topic of our new "Dynamo Discussions" video series. Today we are interviewing Child Life intern Kathleen Boone, to learn just who child life professionals are and what they do to help improve the lives of patients. <br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C2wJLPVjvM0" width="100%"></iframe> <br /><div><br /></div><div>Kathleen Boone holds a Bachelors degree from Moody Bible Institute in Washington State, where she focused on Intercultural Studies. She went on to pursue graduate studies at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California, where she is currently completing a child life internship. Kathleen describes herself as "Justice oriented" and her passion for helping others shows through both in her words about the field of Child Life, and in her inspiring personal journey.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>To learn more about the field of child life, visit <a href="https://www.childlife.org/" target="_blank">The Association of Child Life Professionals website</a>, or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/92865353550/association-of-child-life-professionals/" target="_blank">find them on Instagram</a>.&nbsp;</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-24326875238394160212019-08-25T18:08:00.002-04:002019-08-26T02:12:16.251-04:00My Typical Week as a Third Year Medical Student on Surgery Rotation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fGUAboSNyp4/XWISTnMSbOI/AAAAAAAAP58/iHdUFgIQIwATIJ83Mk2yW2jjNFu7Z3YmQCLcBGAs/s1600/surgeryschedulefinal.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fGUAboSNyp4/XWISTnMSbOI/AAAAAAAAP58/iHdUFgIQIwATIJ83Mk2yW2jjNFu7Z3YmQCLcBGAs/s1600/surgeryschedulefinal.png" title="Student doctor Yomi Adeyemi. 3rd year med school schedule guide for surgery rotation" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />As a third year medical student, I've been through 2 years of basic science studies and passed USMLE Step 1 before being certified to start clinical rotations. If you're not familiar, clinical rotations are where a medical student finally gets to actually work in the hospital day-to-day. Every medical school has a set of required "core rotations" that students are expected to complete during their third year. These include Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics and OB/Gyn, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, and of course Surgery for most students. Basically, third year is a grand tour through a wide swath of medical specialties during which students are expected to learn the ropes of practical patient care and management, and (hopefully) find which specialty they intend to pursue in their career.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">This is my second core rotation; 3 months in Surgery</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JxgUVMdQHcg/XWHIV1jH6EI/AAAAAAAAP5g/pNxB0xG_Kjs9WU31QdHzze4od9nElBCgACLcBGAs/s1600/Surgery%2BSchedule.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JxgUVMdQHcg/XWHIV1jH6EI/AAAAAAAAP5g/pNxB0xG_Kjs9WU31QdHzze4od9nElBCgACLcBGAs/s1600/Surgery%2BSchedule.png" /></a></div><br /><br />As you can see here, the schedule for this rotation is packed, with each day starting early and ending late (if it ends at all). Rather than go through this one day-by-day, I'll just explain what each color coded item actually is.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Morning Pre-rounds 4am-6:30am</h3>Mon-Fri students are responsible for seeing up to 4 patients (its up to 6 on the weekends) whom we then present to our Residents either during table rounds at 6:30 or later during teaching rounds.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Morbidity and Mortality Conference</h3>This is a departmental meeting during which residents present on challenging cases they have faced recently, and discuss any mistakes or opportunities for improvement. These meetings can be intense, with residents getting absolutely skewered by the attendings. The takeaway message from each presentation is simple; NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Teaching Rounds</h3>During this time, students follow the residents around the wards as they round on each patient. Residents answer any questions students have about patient care, and show students some practical aspects of handling patients.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Surgical Consults</h3>As the day progresses, residents message or call students and assign surgical consults requested by other services. Usually, the residents have determined that the consult is within student's capacity to handle, and the student is expected to see the patient and do a full workup, then present to the resident.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Operating Room Cases</h3>You can see these in purple throughout the schedule. Operations come from my attending physicians OR schedule. Each day, the scheduling board is updated, so these operations (or "cases" as they are called in surgery) can change. When a scheduled surgery is coming up, students decide whom is going to scrub in, and that student then goes to the operating room wing, and scrubs into the theater. During surgical cases, the attending may (or may not) bring the student in the assist with holding instruments or or even helping to cut and suture depending on their level of skill.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Surgery and Wound Clinic</h3>Once a week, each student's attending has clinic scheduled. During this time, students report to the outpatient surgery clinic, where patients come in as new patients, post-op follow ups, wound care visits, or other non-emergent cases. Students are kept very busy during this time, often seeing 10-15 patients each during the day. After seeing each patient and writing up an HPI, ROS, PE, and Assessment and Plan, students present the patient to a resident, who then sees the patient along with the student and takes over their care.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">This is my life now</h3>I've previously written about my <a href="https://www.africandynamo.com/2019/05/my-typical-week-as-3rd-year-med-student.html" target="_blank">Internal Medicine rotation schedule here</a>. That experience was heavy on the academics, and really helped me dig into clinical decision making. The next three months will no doubt be a challenging time for me, especially with the long hours. I look forward to it though, and I know that I'll have learned so much through this rotation.<br /><br />To check out my day-to-day, follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dynamoMD/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. And if you're&nbsp; pre-med, follow our new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRV4QJEE0oXBfeqH3K1zy8g" target="_blank">Youtube channel</a>, and join <a href="https://www.diversemedicine.com/" target="_blank">diverse medicine</a> for mentorship and advice.<br /><br />Best!<br />-Dynamo</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-91826473710079036602019-08-18T02:29:00.001-04:002019-08-20T00:15:00.071-04:00Instagram Giveaway <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WonZtficBfA/XVjrLxc7p-I/AAAAAAAAP4Y/PhoC25yx86kL8t2hFzv1vtclYnLGLFtGgCLcBGAs/s1600/Instagram%2Bgiveaway.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WonZtficBfA/XVjrLxc7p-I/AAAAAAAAP4Y/PhoC25yx86kL8t2hFzv1vtclYnLGLFtGgCLcBGAs/s1600/Instagram%2Bgiveaway.png" title="Yomi Adeyemi, dynamo_md instagram giveaway" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On August 20th 2019 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">dynamo_md</a> is holding an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">Instagram giveaway</a>! 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Well, I've decided to write this post for you, young pre-med, and for anyone else interested in what the schedule of a medical student looks like.<br /><br />As a third year medical student, I've been through 2 years of basic science studies (a bonding experience between you, cadavers, textbooks, and countless exams), I've also cleared the gauntlet of USMLE Step 1 study and passed the exam (thank God) before being certified to start clinical rotations. If you're not familiar, clinical rotations are where a medical student finally gets to actually work in the hospital day-to-day. Every medical school has a set of required "core rotations" that students are expected to complete during their third year. These include Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics and OB/Gyn, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, and Surgery for most students. Basically, third year is a grand tour through a wide swath of medical specialties, during which students are expected to learn the ropes of practical patient care and management, and (hopefully) find which specialty makes their hearts feel all warm and fuzzy and which they therefore intend to pursue in their career.<br /><br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">This is my first core rotation; 3 Months in Internal Medicine, <i>"the thinking man's specialty"&nbsp;</i></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LrN1wpSRkc0/XNtnEoQNfNI/AAAAAAAAPaU/OMadQzar2z0KeRoYQqicowOFRzlioSw6QCLcBGAs/s1600/Weekly%2BSchedule%2BYomi%2BAdeyemi%2BStudent%2BDoctor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LrN1wpSRkc0/XNtnEoQNfNI/AAAAAAAAPaU/OMadQzar2z0KeRoYQqicowOFRzlioSw6QCLcBGAs/s1600/Weekly%2BSchedule%2BYomi%2BAdeyemi%2BStudent%2BDoctor.png" title="Internal Medicine Core schedule for Student doctor Abayomi Adeyemi, SGU school of medicine at arrowhead regional hospital" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Monday, Thursday, Friday</h2>These are my "regular days" for this particular week; I wake up at 5:30 am, shake out the cobwebs, make some coffee and bike over to the hospital.<br /><br />To start the workday, I meet up with my fellow med students and the residents whom we work under. Each medical student then picks 2-3 patients from our team's patient list whom we intend to review records, see in person for a history and physical, and write up a progress note for them. At Morning Report, we present our patient's cases to the attending physician (the head honcho doctor) whom then proceeds to rip us a new one (just kidding...kind of) and teach us the best practices to use for our patients as well as the fine details of clinical diagnostic medicine.<br /><br />After reports, our team quickly "runs the list" a rapid fire process wherein the residents quickly go through our entire list of patients (sometimes up to 30-40 people) and review what each patient needs done for the day. As medical students, we have to listen closely for tasks that fall under our responsibilities (These could be as enjoyable as following up with a patients case manager, to requesting patient records from other facilities, and perhaps even performing rectal exams!).<br /><br />Next come patient rounds; as a team we are led by our attending to each patient room, where the chief resident leads an interaction with the patient and the attending answers any questions and points out valuable teaching points for residents and students. This is our opportunity as students to observe how an experienced physician handles our cases.<br /><br />By noon, students report to the internal medicine daily conference. This is where IM residents present interesting and unique cases in front of the entire IM department. You'll notice that this is also the time that normal people eat lunch, and it is for us as well. Usually the conference room has got food set up, and we medical students either try to grab something after the residents have their fill, or bring our own food to quickly wolf down.<br /><br />After the conference is dismissed, the medical students regroup and divvy up the various tasks that we were given during our run of the list earlier. Residents typically add requests as the afternoon goes on (we've got a whats app group that stays popping with orders and requests from residents)<br /><br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4c7nEA1ijE/XNt32pJCFHI/AAAAAAAAPbE/pNBdgFSP344HULAsSGnS5FNw0QNVU1cpgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC05064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4c7nEA1ijE/XNt32pJCFHI/AAAAAAAAPbE/pNBdgFSP344HULAsSGnS5FNw0QNVU1cpgCLcBGAs/s320/DSC05064.jpg" title="Medical Student White Coat" width="213" /></a><br /><br />If I'm lucky, I get out of the hospital around 3-4pm, and from there, I bike over to the Gym. <a href="https://chuzefitness.com/" target="_blank">Chuze Fitness</a> has great facilities and I get that workout in at least 4 days a week.<br /><br /><br />After hitting the gym I bike home, hop in the shower, and settle in with a bottle of <a href="https://www.gatorade.com/" target="_blank">Gatorade</a> and My <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/surface" target="_blank">Microsoft Surface Pro</a> tuned in to <a href="https://onlinemeded.org/dashboard" target="_blank">OnlineMedEd</a>, <a href="https://www.amboss.com/us" target="_blank">Amboss</a>, and <a href="https://www.uworld.com/" target="_blank">UWorld</a> Internal Medicine STEP 2 CK QBank. I've got a daily study schedule that I try to stick to, and by the end of the night my goal is to be able to comfortably answer UWorld questions on that day's topics.<br /><br />After that it's crash and burn in bed<br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Tuesday-Wednesday, Saturday-Sunday</h2><br />These are the tough days. I'm on whats called a "Q4 Call schedule", meaning every 4 days I have call duty. This means that instead of coming into the hospital in the morning, I'm expected to report in at 2:30 pm and remain in the hospital until 7 am the next day (this is what we signed up for folks). I typically hit up at least a couple hours of UWorld before heading over to the hospital. Once there, things usually don't start picking up for an hour or so, and I might be able to get in a bit more study. On call nights, our team in responsible for every patient currently admitted to the IM wards. In addition, we're responsible for admitting all patients from the emergency department into IM. This is where the bulk of the work for students comes in. We all hang out in a conference room, and the ED phones in new admits whom we must go down and see, get a full history and physical exam, and write a note for their chart including differentials and plans for treatment. These are then reviewed by residents whom we "chief" or present each patient case to.<br /><br />The things we see and hear on these nights can be eye opening, which is lucky because normally staying up for 17 hours can tend to be eye closing.... The next morning our well rested colleagues return, and we help our residents as they "chief" their cases to the attending, and/or transfer patients to other residents.<br /><br />You can see that I have "sleep" scheduled for the afternoons following these calls nights, and believe me, it is a very important item on that schedule.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">This is my life now</h2><div>Basically that's it. The schedule I've outlined here will be steady-state for the next 4&nbsp; weeks at which point I'll switch to a new IM team with a different attending physician who may or may not dictate a similar schedule. I have 3 team assignments for IM rotation, 4 weeks each, totaling 12 weeks for my IM core. This schedule may seem dense, but believe it or not, I'm having the time of my life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hit me up on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dynamoMD/?eid=ARD6SbOwu6KzNAycHRJY14WNAn-63jpyZtfrGn5XIKc4UJC1EMEi1q0cjtbQ5hSp_h5U2DAn-m3q2_eh" target="_blank">Facebook </a>if you have any questions, comments or post requests, and be on the lookout for my next article breaking down my Surgery Core schedule.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: right;">Best,</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: right;">-Dynamo</div></div><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-71519681939271500522019-07-07T16:01:00.000-04:002019-07-23T20:24:48.178-04:00Black Men in White Coats<link rel="amphtml" href="https://www.africandynamo.com/p/black-men-in-white-coats.html"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drdale/black-men-in-white-coats-the-film/widget/video.html" width="800"></iframe><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dinyEt9NrX8/XSJQdZ5gcBI/AAAAAAAAPnA/o8OFVSRl3Zcxli2K0BxccNV8GMbktsqdACEwYBhgL/s1600/bmwc.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 0em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dinyEt9NrX8/XSJQdZ5gcBI/AAAAAAAAPnA/o8OFVSRl3Zcxli2K0BxccNV8GMbktsqdACEwYBhgL/s1600/bmwc.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Fewer black males applied to medical school in 2014 than in 1978. That is the first line in the&nbsp;<a href="http://kck.st/2LlJUjt" target="_blank">introduction</a> to BMWC's new documentary film <a href="http://kck.st/2LlJUjt" target="_blank">Black Men in White Coats Rise Up.&nbsp;</a><br /><br />When I first heard those words, and the statistics that BMWC's founder <a href="http://www.blackmeninwhitecoats.org/aboutthefounder/" target="_blank">Dr. Dale Okorodudu</a> lays out about the dearth of black men in medicine, I was saddened, but not surprised. For almost a year now, Dr. Dale has documented the stories of black men in medicine using a powerful podcast format that has brought the voices of black men in medicine together, and highlighted both the deeply personal nature of a journey in medicine, and some deeply troubling commonalities in the stories these black men share. Through the podcast, I have heard brilliant physicians and surgeons share their triumphs in achieving educational excellence, medical competence, and answering the highest calling of service by caring for their patients. From the same voices however, I've also heard stories of overcoming a lack of educational resources and role models, undeserved criticisms and hardships imposed by seniors and peers, and banal racial animus and ignorance from people who would rather see these great men fail. From it all, I've drawn inspiration and strength from the knowledge that these men have pushed through.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WIIX0ZHy3tU/XTLK9If11_I/AAAAAAAAPvk/LgPui4w9HJ0hrsl83GUCvwvNgzSOA3lIQCLcBGAs/s1600/Yomi-AdeyemiBWMCfeature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Student Doctor Yomi Adeyemi on BMWC Podcast" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WIIX0ZHy3tU/XTLK9If11_I/AAAAAAAAPvk/LgPui4w9HJ0hrsl83GUCvwvNgzSOA3lIQCLcBGAs/s400/Yomi-AdeyemiBWMCfeature.jpg" title="Yomi Adeyemi" width="400" /></a></div><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/black-men-in-white-coats/embed/episodes/Yomi-Adeyemi---My-dream-was-delayed---not-denied-e4htrj/a-aicl80" width="400px"></iframe> A few months ago, I had the honor of adding my voice to those from whom I have drawn so much inspiration. You all know that I've always tried to share my thoughts through writing, but <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yomi-adeyemi-my-dream-was-delayed-not-denied/id1434968172?i=1000443807408" target="_blank">Dr. Dale's podcast </a>was the first opportunity I've had to speak about my story in a public way. In reflecting on the path that brought me this far, I had to confront the memories of some tough times in my life, and come to terms with how I overcame significant obstacles. I'm thankful for that experience; it's helped me to understand the type of person I really am, and my core motivations.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.diversemedicine.org/" target="_blank"><img alt=" Diverse Medicine e-mentoring platform" border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1600" height="352" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-syKASm4QqJw/XSI-PcmPrVI/AAAAAAAAPmQ/CYsUb5e-VEwwGU1UTICNwJRFDnZywENqgCLcBGAs/s640/diversemedicine.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Black Men in White Coats goes much further than just sharing stories through a podcast.Via an innovative web based eMentoring model, in partnership with <a href="http://www.diversemedicine.org/" target="_blank">DiverseMedicine Inc (DMI)</a>, they have brought mentoring to the age of technology, making it possible for students who otherwise would have no guidance to gain much needed insights into pursuing a career in medicine. Anyone interested in medicine or the allied health fields <a href="https://www.diversemedicine.com/overview/" target="_blank">can sign up here</a>, and gain access to crucial advice and guidance.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EAuXd22cGMQ/XSJABilFzEI/AAAAAAAAPmc/hP2vkz6SezsCy5e1KFsAaST4avIihPYSACLcBGAs/s1600/involving%2Bparents.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1600" height="361" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EAuXd22cGMQ/XSJABilFzEI/AAAAAAAAPmc/hP2vkz6SezsCy5e1KFsAaST4avIihPYSACLcBGAs/s640/involving%2Bparents.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2XBd6us" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOSGqZWDaCw/XSJB8aeyBAI/AAAAAAAAPmo/rl05w7HsTFwYKTl2BIyHLq6EGLKsfGHiwCLcBGAs/s320/how%2Bto%2Braise%2Ba%2Bdoctor%2Bbook.jpg" width="207" /></a><a href="https://amzn.to/2XBd6us" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"></a>In 2017, Dr. Dale published the best selling book&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/30o0AeH" target="_blank">How to Raise a Doctor</a>.&nbsp; In this book, he interviewed over 75 parents of physicians and found a very important theme. These parents understood what it took for their children to gain admission into medical school, and guided them along that path. Dr. Dale identified a key reason for failure to gain admission to medical school as lack of parental involvement in the higher education process. It became clear that in order for more students to gain admission, it would be necessary for their parents to receive the guidance on how they could do so.<br /><br />Understanding that the greatest success comes when both students and parents are involved, Involving Parents developed a coaching strategy to equip both parties.&nbsp; The process emphasizes educating&nbsp; parents on the specific career path their child is on, equipping them to serve as their child’s number one adviser, and getting the student on an individualized development plan that will lead to academic and professional success.<br />Interested parents can <a href="https://involvingparents.com/get-started/" target="_blank">set up a plan</a> that will best suit their needs and goals.<br /><br />Dr. Dale has been helping to address the shortage of black men in medicine by mentoring students and building coalitions of like minded professionals for more than 15 years. Still, the problem persists, and what is needed now is to increase awareness of the situation by helping this message reach an even wider audience. To that end, BMWC has a kickstarter to produce a feature length documentary film with three main goals:<br />1) Demolish the false stereotypes of black men in America and show the world that we have plenty to offer society<br />2) Explore the reasons why there are so few black male doctors and the implications of this tragedy<br />3) Provide inspiration and hope for diverse youth and their families<br /><br />You can help make this documentary a reality by pledging any amount towards the kickstarter project here. This is just the beginning.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drdale/black-men-in-white-coats-the-film/widget/card.html?v=2" width="500"></iframe><br />For more info about Dr. Dale or BMWC, just click through the text and image links throughout this article, or check out the links below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blackmeninwhitecoats.org/the-mission/" target="_blank">About BMWC</a><br /><a href="http://www.blackmeninwhitecoats.org/aboutthefounder/" target="_blank">About Dr. Dale</a><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2XBd6us" target="_blank">How to Raise a Doctor</a><br /><a href="http://kck.st/2LlJUjt" target="_blank">Kickstarter: Black Men in White Coats Rise Up!</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-90366253983860705022019-06-16T20:56:00.002-04:002019-08-05T19:25:06.960-04:00Five essential items for success during clinical rotations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_XIugaEVig/XQbkAPP4dVI/AAAAAAAAPkI/08hQtiJ7DmYrRnNnjiWxL-zu3fw2ID1mACLcBGAs/s1600/five%2Bitems.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_XIugaEVig/XQbkAPP4dVI/AAAAAAAAPkI/08hQtiJ7DmYrRnNnjiWxL-zu3fw2ID1mACLcBGAs/s1600/five%2Bitems.png" title="Student Doctor Yomi Adeyemi shares five essential items for clinical rotations" /></a></div><br /><br />Before starting clinical rotations, every med student has a laundry list of requirements to fulfill. On top of that headache, you've also got to figure out what exactly you need to bring to rotations to be ready and prepared. Over time, I've shared and received lots of tips about what items are best to grab, and I've boiled down my everyday carry to the essentials. So to save a bit of the headache in getting prepared for clinical rotations, I thought I'd share my list with you. Here are the five essentials for success during clinical rotations:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2XpEiLO" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kuqyG_7WYkY/XQbVjslfRUI/AAAAAAAAPjE/Hkupb6eU0F03gJ83t6Q3ToyY_xD32iZBQCLcBGAs/s200/DSC04951.png" title="Short lab coat" width="150" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2XpEiLO" target="_blank">1. White Coat&nbsp;</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2RgWL7C" target="_blank"><br />Lab Coat</a></h2>This one seems obvious. You'll need a short white coat for clinicals. Some of you might already have one given by your med school, but others may need to buy one, or want to upgrade the one you've got. Personally I prefer the <a href="https://amzn.to/2XpEiLO" target="_blank">Barco grey's anatomy line lab coat</a>. It fits well, looks good, and has great functional pockets.<br />Barco also has a really sleek looking version <a href="https://amzn.to/2RjjZKo" target="_blank">for the ladies</a> as well.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WOh1mW" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="287" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3LE05dyYHZ4/XQbf3ofs1nI/AAAAAAAAPj8/cXiUIeXYUng8bJOPSeVTHtTSU8qQH75FACLcBGAs/s200/litmann%2Blightweight%2BII.jpg" width="153" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WOh1mW" target="_blank">2. Stethoscope</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2MRNYdU" target="_blank">Stethoscope</a></h2>The best advice I ever got from an attending about which stethoscope is best was "whichever one you can carry around and don't mind losing". To that end, <a href="https://amzn.to/2MOAPC5" target="_blank">the&nbsp;Littmann lightweight stethoscope</a> is easy to carry around and perfectly serviceable for all but the most intensive cardiology-bound among us.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WPNAfK" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--AqRNcuCTVo/XQbYBqSZvCI/AAAAAAAAPjg/lBrkJF6sN78io9TLgFONb-0k-W1qw1akgCEwYBhgL/s200/vertical%2Bfolding%2Bclipboard.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WPNAfK" target="_blank">3. Folding Clipboard</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/2IL6QpA" target="_blank">Folding Clipboard</a></h2>You'll be carrying around a variety of documents throughout the day, and a fold-able keyboard really helps to keep everything together, and of course serves as a portable writing surface. <a href="https://amzn.to/2WPNAfK" target="_blank">This vertical folding clipboard</a> also comes with a bunch of really useful common lab values and other info that I've found really handy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2v_J5NnpAEQ/XQbZ00TRzDI/AAAAAAAAPjo/PgO6YSN2U7oqJzqSRCRJmQHNi6jTq3PawCLcBGAs/s1600/smartphone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2v_J5NnpAEQ/XQbZ00TRzDI/AAAAAAAAPjo/PgO6YSN2U7oqJzqSRCRJmQHNi6jTq3PawCLcBGAs/s200/smartphone.jpg" width="111" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><a href="https://amzn.to/2ILwhHE" target="_blank">4. Smartphone</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2ILwhHE" target="_blank"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Smartphone apps</h2><div>You've probably already got a smartphone. So what you really need to do is download apps to help you study and use as reference. Here are some of the more useful apps I've turned to:<br /><br /></div><div>-<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=diagnosaurus&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS806US806&amp;oq=diagnosaurus&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3544j1j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Diagnosaurus</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/diagnosaurus-ddx/id833728910" target="_blank">Iphone</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unbound.android.cqdzl&amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank">Android</a>)<br />-<a href="https://www.amboss.com/us" target="_blank">AMBOSS</a></div><div>-<a href="https://www.uptodate.com/home" target="_blank">UptoDate</a>&nbsp;(most hospitals have access)</div><div>-<a href="https://www.uworld.com/" target="_blank">Uworld</a></div><div>-Epocrates (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epocrates/id281935788" target="_blank">Iphone</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epocrates&amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank">Android</a>)</div><div>-<a href="https://www.drugs.com/apps/" target="_blank">Drugs.com app</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IgPwHkkUxWo/XQbajDToW6I/AAAAAAAAPjw/GO3p7JN7uF4scff3BRCtKIetS46iUHdKQCLcBGAs/s1600/flashlight%2Bpen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1208" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IgPwHkkUxWo/XQbajDToW6I/AAAAAAAAPjw/GO3p7JN7uF4scff3BRCtKIetS46iUHdKQCLcBGAs/s200/flashlight%2Bpen.jpg" width="170" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Rgs2aG" target="_blank">5. Flashlight Pens</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Rgs2aG" target="_blank">Flashlight Pen</a></h2></div><div>Protip-you'll need lots of pens (mainly because the residents and attending will be permanently borrowing your pens pretty frequently). and you'll also be using a flashlight for your physical exams. SO why not combine both! <a href="https://amzn.to/2WQ8UXh" target="_blank">These flashlight pens</a> have been super useful for me, and you might like them as well.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; Wanna be extra-ready? You'll probably need these too:</h2><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=dynamomd-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0964519143&amp;asins=0964519143&amp;linkId=9a13a7064200db4578aa7aaadee5e890&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=dynamomd-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07PQ8WTC4&amp;asins=B07PQ8WTC4&amp;linkId=f3081546de6ab386419e95ef8fbb6839&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=dynamomd-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B003AGV8RU&amp;asins=B003AGV8RU&amp;linkId=2e714692b6e9cb0d3d92cd1dd26522db&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=dynamomd-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1451193947&amp;asins=1451193947&amp;linkId=7699777fce32a771b9bfd51bc18c42ad&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=dynamomd-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1506235913&amp;asins=1506235913&amp;linkId=aa02a7b27cae892a57417f2cfa430c37&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Have any suggestions to add to this list? Feel free to comment below. Congrats on making it to the technical side of med school.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-66060874666638397452019-06-14T00:00:00.000-04:002019-08-18T13:42:27.803-04:00Donate blood. Save lives.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o5hR7sHd9oo/XQHWvywWF7I/AAAAAAAAPik/rWiO3ReZOtUAWbu74Gzl6sgbVT6WOq5owCLcBGAs/s1600/World-Blood-Donor-Day-2019-Theme-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o5hR7sHd9oo/XQHWvywWF7I/AAAAAAAAPik/rWiO3ReZOtUAWbu74Gzl6sgbVT6WOq5owCLcBGAs/s1600/World-Blood-Donor-Day-2019-Theme-.jpg" title="Dynamo MD supports world blood donor day 2019" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The world needs enough safe blood for everyone in need. Every few seconds, someone, somewhere, needs blood. Transfusions of blood and blood products save millions of lives every year. That's why this year AD and Dynamo MD are supporting <a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-blood-donor-day/2019">world blood donor day</a> to help bring awareness to the need for people to donate blood, and to encourage you to become a regular don<span style="text-align: left;">or.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 50px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 56px;">What you can do:</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Become a blood donor today and help save lives.</li><li>Commit to being a regular donor and give blood throughout the year.</li><li>Encourage your friends and family to become regular blood donors.</li><li>Volunteer with the blood service to reach out to members of your community, provide care to donors, and help manage blood donation sessions/drives.</li><li>Find out your blood type and register as a blood donor.</li><li>Participate in local World Blood Donor Day events.</li><li>Take pics of you and your friends giving blood, and share them with us <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">on Instagram</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dynamoMD/" target="_blank">facebook</a></li></ul><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DRcU8QVOsos/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DRcU8QVOsos?feature=player_embedded" width="560"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 50px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 56px;">Key Facts:</h1><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Of the 117.4 million blood donations collected globally, 42% of these are collected in high-income countries, home to 16% of the world’s population.</li><li>In low-income countries, up to 52% of blood transfusions are given to children under 5 years of age; whereas in high-income countries, the most frequently transfused patient group is over 65 years of age, accounting for up to 75% of all transfusions.</li><li>Based on samples of 1000 people, the blood donation rate is 32.6 donations in high-income countries, 15.1 donations in upper-middle-income countries, 8.1 donations in lower-middle-income countries and 4.4 donations in low-income countries.</li><li>An increase of 11.6 million blood donations from voluntary unpaid donors has been reported from 2008 to 2015. In total, 78 countries collect over 90% of their blood supply from voluntary unpaid blood donors; however, 58 countries collect more than 50% of their blood supply from family/replacement or paid donors.</li><li>Only 50 of 173 reporting countries produce plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMP) through the fractionation of plasma collected in the reporting country. A total of 83 countries reported that all PDMP are imported, 24 countries reported that no PDMP were used during the reporting period, and 16 countries did not respond to the question.</li></ul><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 50px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 56px;">Who can give blood?</h1>Most people can give blood if they are in good health. There are some basic requirements one need to fulfill in order to become a blood donor. Below are some basic eligibility guidelines:<br /><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px;">Age</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You are aged between 18 and 65.</li><li>In some countries national legislation permits 16–17 year-olds to donate provided that they fulfill the physical and hematological criteria required and that appropriate consent is obtained.</li><li>In some countries, regular donors over the age of 65 may be accepted at the discretion of the responsible physician. The upper age limit in some countries are 60. </li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px;">Weight</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You weigh at least 50 kg. </li><li>In some countries, donors of whole blood donations should weigh at least 45 kg to donate 350 ml ± 10%.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left;">Health&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You must be in good health at the time you donate.</li><li>You cannot donate if you have a cold, flu, sore throat, cold sore, stomach bug or any other infection.</li><li>If you have recently had a tattoo or body piercing you cannot donate for 6 months from the date of the procedure. If the body piercing was performed by a registered health professional and any inflammation has settled completely, you can donate blood after 12 hours.</li><li>If you have visited the dentist for a minor procedure you must wait 24 hours before donating; for major work wait a month.</li><li>You must not donate blood If you do not meet the minimum hemoglobin level for blood donation:</li><li>A test will be administered at the donation site. In many countries, a hemoglobin level of not less than 12.0 g/dl for females and not less than 13.0 g/dl for males as the threshold.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px;">Travel</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Travel to areas where mosquito-borne infections are endemic, e.g. malaria, dengue and Zika virus infections, may result in a temporary deferral.</li><li>Many countries also implemented the policy to defer blood donors with a history of travel or residence for defined cumulative exposure periods in specified countries or areas, as a measure to reduce the risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) by blood transfusion.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px;">Behaviors</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 24px;">You must not give blood:</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>If you engaged in “at risk” sexual activity in the past 12 months</li><li>Individuals with behaviors below will be deferred permanently: </li><li>Have ever had a positive test for HIV (AIDS virus)</li><li>Have ever injected recreational drugs.</li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left;">Pregnancy and breastfeeding</h2>Following pregnancy, the deferral period should last as many months as the duration of the pregnancy.<br /><br />It is not advisable to donate blood while breast-feeding. Following childbirth, the deferral period is at least 9 months (as for pregnancy) and until 3 months after your baby is significantly weaned (i.e. getting most of his/her nutrition from solids or bottle feeding).<br /><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3c4245; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px;">More information on eligibility to donate</h2><a href="https://www.who.int/bloodsafety/publications/bts_guideline_donor_suitability/en/" target="_blank">National eligibility guidelines</a> must be followed when people donate blood in the blood service in specific countries. To find out whether any health conditions, medications, professions or travel history to could affect your ability to give blood, please search for detailed information in the national/local blood services.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-80202726341359468822019-06-06T00:00:00.000-04:002019-06-06T01:38:29.755-04:00Its National Higher Education Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xwzOSBch_3A/XPiMZIN0RII/AAAAAAAAPfA/SrgFnCu9gNYLPZ9_uzKeNuouI3jezfPEACLcBGAs/s1600/highereducationdayarticle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xwzOSBch_3A/XPiMZIN0RII/AAAAAAAAPfA/SrgFnCu9gNYLPZ9_uzKeNuouI3jezfPEACLcBGAs/s1600/highereducationdayarticle.jpg" title="Yomi Adeyemi admiring wall art in Los Angeles celebrating higher education" /></a></div><br /><br />Exponential costs of higher education and the United States opportunity gap have turned a college degree into something of a luxury for many Americans. Guiding and motivating future college students through the process of preparing for higher education will help increase their chances graduating with a degree.&nbsp; National Higher Education Day is designed to educate and inspire students.<br />​<br />National Higher Education Day is observed annually on June 6th.&nbsp; African Dynamo is celebrating this year by advocating for higher education on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">instagram</a>&nbsp;and facebook, where I'm ssharing my education level ups over the years, and my future academic goals.<br /><br />With all that said, I wouldn't write an article like this without giving you all some resources, so here's a rundown of resources for scholarships and financial aid to help fund your college education.<br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Financial Aid</span></h2><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H_iS7gmQd9o" width="720"></iframe> <br /><br />FAFSA stands for Free Application for Financial Student Aid. It is a federal aid program run by the United States Government that connects students to loans, grants, and work study programs. Most U.S. citizens, nationals, and even some eligible non-citizens can apply. Most funds are awarded on need based criteria, however, students can also receive a Stafford loan regardless of income. You can fill out the FAFSA <a href="http://www.fafsa.ed.gov%20/" target="_blank">fafsa.ed.gov&nbsp;</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://nationalhighereducationday.org/financial-aid" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1163" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8XwTZwjUfiw/XPiKcWTyi5I/AAAAAAAAPe0/xYAxivwapWkcl6anQgjW50hZVW4j5t4uQCLcBGAs/s1600/Sketch%2B%25281%2529.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-42647767411944310552019-05-31T12:45:00.000-04:002019-05-31T12:56:24.256-04:00Its World No Tobacco Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zp94ct4QxiE/XPFQ4iiNqEI/AAAAAAAAPeI/TmPoNsZANAgIjNb2El3UuAwg0QMs0qt8QCLcBGAs/s1600/worldnotobaccoday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zp94ct4QxiE/XPFQ4iiNqEI/AAAAAAAAPeI/TmPoNsZANAgIjNb2El3UuAwg0QMs0qt8QCLcBGAs/s1600/worldnotobaccoday.png" title="Dynamo MD supports World No Tobacco Day 2019 with student doctor Yomi Adeyemi, St. Georges University School of Medicine" /></a></div><br />Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The annual campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure, and to discourage the use of tobacco in any form.<br /><br />The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is on "tobacco and lung health." The campaign will increase awareness on the negative impact that tobacco has on people’s lung health, from cancer to chronic respiratory disease, and the fundamental role lungs play for the health and well-being of all people.<br /><br />The campaign also serves as a call to action, advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption and engaging stakeholders across multiple sectors in the fight for tobacco control.<br /><br />You can learn more at the <a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day/world-no-tobacco-day-2019" target="_blank">WHO campaign website&nbsp;</a>, and support the movement on social media by using #nevertobacco.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rJBVTiHZv4A/XPFZVphWGDI/AAAAAAAAPeU/tI9ZAOlVMk0oiV0FJstASINpWwve-QJPQCLcBGAs/s1600/healtheffects60plus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1600" height="412" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rJBVTiHZv4A/XPFZVphWGDI/AAAAAAAAPeU/tI9ZAOlVMk0oiV0FJstASINpWwve-QJPQCLcBGAs/s640/healtheffects60plus.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Risks from Smoking</h3>Smoking can damage nearly every part of your body:<br /><br /><b>Cancers</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Oropharynx</li><li>Larynx</li><li>Esophagus</li><li>Trachea, bronchus, and lung</li><li>Acute myeloid leukemia</li><li>Stomach</li><li>Liver</li><li>Pancreas</li><li>Kidney and ureter</li><li>Cervix</li><li>Bladder</li><li>Colorectal</li></ul><b>Chronic Diseases</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Stroke</li><li>Blindness, cataracts, age-related macular degeneration*</li><li>Congenital defects-maternal smoking: orofacial clefts*</li><li>Periodontitis</li><li>Aortic aneurysm, early abdominal aortic atherosclerosis in young adults</li><li>Coronary heart disease</li><li>Pneumonia</li><li>Atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease</li><li>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tuberculosis,* asthma, and other respiratory effects</li><li>Diabetes*</li><li>Reproductive effects in women (including reduced fertility)</li><li>Hip fractures</li><li>Ectopic pregnancy*</li><li>Male sexual function-erectile dysfunction*</li><li>Rheumatoid arthritis*</li><li>Immune function*</li><li>Overall diminished health</li></ul><span style="font-size: x-small;">Each condition followed by an asterisk (*) is a new disease causally linked to smoking in the 2014 Surgeon General’s Report, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179276/" target="_blank">The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress</a>.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-32992254033264379332019-01-07T03:50:00.000-05:002019-01-07T03:56:45.329-05:00New Year, New Look for The African Dynamo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kTRFmsin1gc/XC83ZpMJ6PI/AAAAAAAAPDM/zXNw7ZI0N-o2lKdxOA44-rnxj1IPOjKJQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/header_3-01.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kTRFmsin1gc/XC83ZpMJ6PI/AAAAAAAAPDM/zXNw7ZI0N-o2lKdxOA44-rnxj1IPOjKJQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/header_3-01.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Things look a bit different around The African Dynamo today. We've taken a step into the future.<br /><br />Our overall design aesthetic has undergone some significant upgrades. We've got a refined logo, a new page design which allows our site to load faster and more efficiently, updated and upgraded page links to allow readers to connect with us on social media, and a whole slew of under-the-hood upgrades to our page security (you'll notice a nice lock symbol next to our url now).<br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2d6JAa3DZhQ/XDMJAiQqT3I/AAAAAAAAPD4/xhydOC7skKwihaQypD0vyrwuJtU-HhPjQCLcBGAs/s1600/oldandnew.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="748" height="159" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2d6JAa3DZhQ/XDMJAiQqT3I/AAAAAAAAPD4/xhydOC7skKwihaQypD0vyrwuJtU-HhPjQCLcBGAs/s200/oldandnew.png" width="200" /></a><br />First, the new logo is a thorough re-imagining of our design aesthetic. The bright beautiful afro-centric colors remain, but the new logo features clean lines and a bold new presentation. We've also updated our favicon, and the various social media sites it appears on.The big changes though, are in our new site design<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: right;"><i>Our pages are now 10-20% faster&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</i></h3><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These fresh new design upgrades come courtesy of our partnership with<a href="https://www.phantom-works-media.com/" target="_blank"> phantom works media</a>. They are the excellent graphic design and VFX company behind a lot of the photo and video work we feature on our platform, and we've had a awesome experience working with them on the new site design.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.phantom-works-media.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ey0Yje-qxY/XDMMbKYCoRI/AAAAAAAAPEE/3nsCIfeHgrEms88PF0DiNlqSgQiA8dQswCLcBGAs/s1600/PWM%2Bpage.png" title="Phantom Works Media" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><i>Our new responsive site design is primed for mobile</i></h3><div><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h5PueGTyYIA/XDMQ2mH7wrI/AAAAAAAAPEk/WffwrBbvDC8hGLXoE1lU_qAHCNyT34chQCLcBGAs/s1600/iphonesite2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="660" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h5PueGTyYIA/XDMQ2mH7wrI/AAAAAAAAPEk/WffwrBbvDC8hGLXoE1lU_qAHCNyT34chQCLcBGAs/s320/iphonesite2.png" width="165" /></a></div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j3XjsQi1TIg/XDMP06JeJ-I/AAAAAAAAPEQ/WbExp0cUN2IvSuA47xEKKLNSLWz1I0FhACLcBGAs/s1600/Ipadsite.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1273" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j3XjsQi1TIg/XDMP06JeJ-I/AAAAAAAAPEQ/WbExp0cUN2IvSuA47xEKKLNSLWz1I0FhACLcBGAs/s400/Ipadsite.png" width="317" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.africandynamo.com/2013/09/introducing-african-dynamo.html" target="_blank">We first introduced this blog six years ago</a>, as a platform for writers, poets, photographers, videographers, and other artists to share their paradigm-shifting perspectives about Africa and it's diaspora. Since then, we've worked with dozens of creators, companies, and brands to promote exactly that. With the new upgrades to our platform, we're going to take it all to the next level.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-3171426095242322752018-11-30T23:43:00.003-05:002019-05-15T00:16:24.042-04:00You know it don't come easy (Part II)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saying goodbye may not be easy, but sometimes it's necessary.</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocM-uyTE8PQ/XAH9rYn4c9I/AAAAAAAAO6A/r-LDUnomf7YEczjcoAGTT8cBA4veBKrawCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC01253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Abayomi Adeyemi, Black and white portrait" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocM-uyTE8PQ/XAH9rYn4c9I/AAAAAAAAO6A/r-LDUnomf7YEczjcoAGTT8cBA4veBKrawCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC01253.jpg" title="Abayomi Adeyemi" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The transition from second to third year of medical school is tough anywhere, but for medical students in the Caribbean, this period carries some unique challenges. As we conclude our basic science education, we are not only preparing to transition to the next phase of our medical education, but also to transition our lives away from the Island we have learned to call home, back to the U.S. (or Canada, or the U.K.) For medical students like us, "willing to travel" might as well have been the first line in our medical school application essay. After studying together for two years, friends and colleagues whom we've grown to know and love - our "island family" - will depart for destinations all over the U.S. literally from coast to coast. We were all brought together because of a shared dream to become physicians, and a shared determination to pursue that dream even if it required us to uproot our lives. And now here we are, faced with the next bit of sacrifice necessary to continue this pursuit; saying goodbye to each other.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">&nbsp;At a recent meeting with our clinical deans, we were given some advice about the environment we will soon be entering at the various hospitals we will join for clinical rotations. The deans said that we will be going from an environment here on the island in which we as students are at “the center of the universe” to an hospital environment where everything is built around the care and well being of patients. This means that we must learn to reorient our expectations and approach to our education. It also means that we must begin to learn to re-orient our lives around the care of patients.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>For medical students like us, "willing to travel" might as well have been the first line in our medical school application essay.</i></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The thing is, medical school is divided into two related but decidedly unique parts. The first part of med school is spent in a classroom setting that would be familiar to anyone who has sat in a college classroom. But after medical students complete the first two years, and go through an obligatory half-time hazing called the USMLE Step 1 (that's the United States Medical Licensing examination...if ur nasty) our education transitions to a second half that is much closer to the practice of medicine that you experience when you see your doctor. This transition is welcome as far as I'm concerned; Although I’ve always found the study of medicine to be uniquely fascinating, I’ve always felt that my lecture-derived knowledge is abstract. The fact is that there is just something unique about seeing an actual human being suffering from a particular disease or disorder, and having to reason through the course of their previous history and options for treatment, that solidifies medical knowledge far more than any number of study sessions. I was lucky enough to observe the actual practice of medicine close up as a&nbsp; medical scribe before I entered medical school, and I've always looked back to that experience very fondly. Honestly, my memories of that experience have at times been my only motivation to keep going through the day to day grind of these last two years, just hoping to get back to what really drew me to medicine in the first place-the experience of helping people.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So basically I'm looking forward to the next phase of my medical education, but it kinda sucks that I've got to say goodbye to so many awesome people. It don't come easy...that's for sure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Follow me on Instagram&nbsp;</a>or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dynamoMD/" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-15268166719194716012018-11-12T21:37:00.000-05:002019-05-14T23:16:53.461-04:00How staying hydrated keeps you healthy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dfbABW9ajoc/W-oq5WicPYI/AAAAAAAAO1Q/dSotG3zsDgwGpDLsFabzvK6aFYZIovJDwCLcBGAs/s1600/Ad%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Yomi Adeyemi, Student doctor SGU School of Medicine" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dfbABW9ajoc/W-oq5WicPYI/AAAAAAAAO1Q/dSotG3zsDgwGpDLsFabzvK6aFYZIovJDwCLcBGAs/s1600/Ad%2B%25281%2529.jpg" title="Yomi Adeyemi, Medical Student and blogger" /></a></div><span id="goog_621722544"></span><span id="goog_621722545"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">We've all heard it before; drink 6-8 glasses a day to keep the doctor away. It may be cliche, but the truth is that this time honored advice is repeated often for a good reason; Staying adequately hydrated is associated with improved health, and reduced likelihood of illness. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with the folks from&nbsp;<a href="https://glenelgspringwater.com/" target="_blank">Glenelg Spring Water</a>, and add my voice to those encouraging people to stay hydrated. Our talk was enjoyable, and I thought it might be interesting to dive into the medical science behind our daily water drinking recommendations, and why it's still important to encourage people to drink enough water.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZzozSILZQw" width="560"></iframe><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lots of people are actually dehydrated</span></h3><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many people think that by just drinking when they get thirty, they've covered their bases. The fact is however, that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4473081/" target="_blank">the research shows</a>&nbsp;the prevalence of dehydration in adults in some populations has been estimated to be 16–28% depending on age, with the elderly being at increased risk of dehydration. That means that about 1 in 4 people may actually be dehydrated!&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not staying hydrated can hurt your health</span></h3><span style="font-family: inherit;">You might ask just what exactly is the big deal about health and water intake anyway? Well, </span><a href="https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/73/suppl_2/97/1930742" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">the research here has shown</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> that inadequate hydration is associated with headaches, delirium, constipation, hypo-tension, and even kidney and heart disease</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the flip side, adequate hydration can improve your mood, your skin, and <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/effects-of-hydration-status-on-cognitive-performance-and-mood/1210B6BE585E03C71A299C52B51B22F7" target="_blank">literally make you smarter by optimizing your cognitive ability and efficiency</a>.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Simple steps to staying hydrated</span></h3><span style="font-family: inherit;">If staying hydrated is difficult for you, <a href="https://familydoctor.org/hydration-why-its-so-important/" target="_blank">here are some tips</a> that can help:</span><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Keep a bottle of water with you during the day</b>.&nbsp;</li><li>If you don’t like the taste of plain water, try adding a slice of lemon or lime to your drink.</li><li>Drink water before, during, and after a workout.</li><li>When you’re feeling hungry, drink water. Thirst is often confused with hunger. True hunger will not be satisfied by drinking water. Drinking water may also contribute to a healthy weight-loss plan. Some research suggests that drinking water can help you feel full.</li><li>If you have trouble remembering to drink water, drink on a schedule. For example, drink water when you wake up, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and when you go to bed. Or, drink a small glass of water at the beginning of each hour.</li><li>Drink water when you go to a restaurant. It will keep you hydrated, and it’s free.</li></ul><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Its also important to recognize signs of dehydration, which could include little or no urine, urine that is darker than usual, dry mouth, sleepiness or fatigue, extreme thirst, headache, confusion, dizziness or lightheadedness, or no tears when crying.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">These are steps that I try to follow each day to get to my 6-8 glasses of water, and they are steps I'd recommend everyone take.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check out video of our sit down interview below.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fglenelgspringwater%2Fvideos%2F302441730369052%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-56911053070599176262018-09-16T00:30:00.000-04:002019-05-15T00:16:39.066-04:00You know it don't come easy, part I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: center;">Life as a second year medical student</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yqxhaz_uuGg/W52Qjs6zSKI/AAAAAAAAOoM/yu1D3exElVMkEt2CrY2cynx3D6MXqVy9ACLcBGAs/s1600/DSC01757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yqxhaz_uuGg/W52Qjs6zSKI/AAAAAAAAOoM/yu1D3exElVMkEt2CrY2cynx3D6MXqVy9ACLcBGAs/s1600/DSC01757.jpg" title="Yomi Adeyemi, student doctor " /></a></div><br />It's Saturday night, just past 11pm. I sit at my desk in my comfy studio apartment, with a desk lamp casting a warm glow over the pile of books around me. First aid, opened (with cracked spine) to the microbiology section, Pathoma opened to a page about pneumonias, and an old notebook from last semester with some handwritten notes on bacterial virulence factors. This is my life, as I've known it for the last two years as a medical student.<br /><br />The first half of medical school is, for the most part, really just a lot of good ol' book-learnin. The science of medicine is a subject as vast and complex as the human body itself, and so its study requires many hours of focused effort. The product of all this after two years is what amounts to only a broad introduction to this science, but its a base of knowledge upon which every physician builds their clinical knowledge and practice. So basically it's really important.<br /><br />&nbsp;Its 12am now. Which is my limit. And so I get ready for bed. Tomorrow morning its back to the books, and then meeting with the study group all afternoon. Exams in one week.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Follow me on Instagram&nbsp;</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-27279231617255551482018-07-28T07:45:00.002-04:002019-04-10T18:33:23.273-04:00Reboot, Reload, Reengage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><h2><b>Introducing Dynamo M.D.</b></h2><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BlIK-JoHbRe/?taken-by=dynamo_md" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt=" Dynamo MD team is on instagram" border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1600" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sNGKxbiQ038/W1xPJl0cQdI/AAAAAAAAORc/e9lAK4fPVUYExNSWus6kLFfLXw4K1QQvACKgBGAs/s1600/squad.jpg" title="Yomi Adeyemi, and fellow medical students at SGU SOM" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Student doctors at SGU Medical School</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hey friends,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its been a long time. As old readers around here have noted ;) We're back.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got so much to share with you, about my journey and experiences. Stay tuned</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BlIK-JoHbRe/?taken-by=dynamo_md" rel="nofollow">Take a look</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dynamo_md/" target="_blank">Follow us on Instagram&nbsp;</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-77225383838772876702014-11-09T13:13:00.001-05:002019-01-01T21:16:31.893-05:00Nothing Shall Be Impossible<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SnMarQ_wneA/VF-ul5OkhSI/AAAAAAAAAEg/yFLpEVUYmRw/s1600/nothingshallbeimpossible.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SnMarQ_wneA/VF-ul5OkhSI/AAAAAAAAAEg/yFLpEVUYmRw/s1600/nothingshallbeimpossible.jpg" height="640" width="606" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IO0H3ZS" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h1CK00sHf9I/UzxRkkrZRCI/AAAAAAAAACE/mOapNqdvwEc/s1600/benumberonebooklink.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br />Chika Kalu Oze is a poet and words artist. The piece featured here is from Be Number One! a collection of inspiring poetry by the artist that centers upon the empowering message of achieving excellence through expanding consciousness and training one's mind. His collection is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IO0H3ZS">currently selling on amazon.com</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Guest Contributorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417969998856088907noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-79453986675214844992014-10-26T10:58:00.000-04:002019-01-01T21:18:08.936-05:00Keep On Rising<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uFXDS2mM2AU/VEu6ZnCpiZI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/92MCYmzVFDE/s1600/keep%2Bon%2Brising.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uFXDS2mM2AU/VEu6ZnCpiZI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/92MCYmzVFDE/s1600/keep%2Bon%2Brising.jpg" height="570" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IO0H3ZS" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h1CK00sHf9I/UzxRkkrZRCI/AAAAAAAAACE/mOapNqdvwEc/s1600/benumberonebooklink.gif" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br />Chika Kalu Oze is a poet and words artist. The piece featured here is from Be Number One! a collection of inspiring poetry by the artist that centers upon the empowering message of achieving excellence through expanding consciousness and training one's mind. His collection is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IO0H3ZS">currently selling on amazon.com</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Guest Contributorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417969998856088907noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-61676920072181285732014-10-21T15:23:00.001-04:002019-01-01T21:19:19.364-05:00[WATCH THIS] Cultivating Africa's Greatest Generation <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kcEIsbO0ivA?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good leaders can't make much of a difference in societies with strong institutions, in countries with weak structures, leaders could make or break a country. In a passionate talk Swaniker looks at different generations of African leaders and imagines how to develop the leadership of the future.<br /><br />TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). 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imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>If you're looking for a paradise vacation, this is where you want to go. Eritrea is located on the Horn of Africa (North East Africa), and borders with Ethiopia on the south, Djibouti on the south-east, Sudan on the north-west, and Red Sea on the north along with Dahlak Archipelago and other small islands. Eritrea, with a land area of about 125.000 km2, is roughly the size of England, or the state of Pennsylvania, USA. The coastline measures around 1.200 km and off it there are over 350 islands, of which 210 comprise the area of the <a href="https://www.eritrea.be/old/eritrea-dahlaks.htm">Dahlak Archipelago</a>.&nbsp;</div><div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GREAT WEATHER AND CLIMATE.</span></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp;‘Three seasons in two hours’. There is no time of year that is particularly unsuitable for visiting Eritrea. Eritrea is located at the highest landmass of the African continent. Eritrea has a variety of climatic conditions. The country has three major zones- the central highlands, the coastal region, and western lowlands. Each zone has a different climatic condition. Asmara, the capital of city of Eritrea, has a wonderful climate all year around (average temperature roughly 59 Fahrenheit, 16 Celsius). <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">IT MIGHT BE A NEW NATION, BUT IT'S THE OLDEST CIVILIZATION ON EARTH.&nbsp;</span></blockquote></div><div><br />Eritrea was forcefully annexed by Ethiopia under the Emperor Haile Selassie. In April 1993, after 30 years of war with Ethiopian regime, Eritrean people have voted unanimously in favor of their independence. However, Eritrea might have been a new nation on map but it’s the oldest civilization in Africa. Adulis was an ancient port of Red Sea coast and it was important in staging post in the trade between Mediterranean, southern Arabia, East Africa, and Indian Ocean before Ethiopia was discovered by King Menelik II. Today, many archaeologists are investigating to find an answer to ‘the buried civilization’. <br /><br /><a 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imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Eritrea has a roughly population of 6 million inhabitants. Although Eritrea has nine heterogeneous tribes but the fabric of the society is homogeneous by any standard. All nine tribes have lived in harmonious environments and have an utmost respect for each other since the cradle of civilization. The tribes that are Afro-Asiatic speaking communities of Cushitic branches: Tigrinya, Tigre, Afar, Rashaida, Saho, Bilen, and Beja. The rest tribes that are Nilo-Saharan communities: Kunama, and Nara. All Eritrean tribes, then and now, have put their Eritrean nationality as a first priority than their ethnicity. Perhaps it’s extremely difficult to fathom that homogeneous society-such as Eritrea-does exist in Africa continent in which tribalism conflicts are a way of life….<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> A LAND OF RICH CULTURE.</span></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp;Roughly 50% the population adheres to Christianity, Islam 48%, and while 2% of the population follows other religions including traditional African religion. The major languages are Tigrinya, Tigre, Arabic, and English. Also, in Eritrea there are other languages are spoken in Eritrea: Bilen, Afar, Kunama, Saho and etc.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">AN IDEAL VACATION FOR THE FAMILY.</span></blockquote><br />Since Eritrean independence, the government has done a marvelous jobs in building a quality of roads, communications, dams, hospitals, colleges, and schools-primary and secondary. Even though under extreme hostile conditions at local level and international level which it was created by the belligerent Ethiopian regime, yet the Eritrean government has relentlessly been in making major improvement for the its people. <br /><br />Eritrea is one of the safest country in the world. The people of Eritrea are known for their superb hospitality and utmost tenderness-care when guests arrived in their country. A person could venture on the roads of Eritrea without any concern of safety because the whole lands of the country is safe to travel anytime. Many tourists have returned so many times to Eritrea because they feel safer than their own native land. Some of tourists are extremely happy in Eritrea that they have eventually decided to make it their permanent residency. Eritrea: the land of nobles, the land of extraordinary, and the land of beautiful people!</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-57014262615258226682014-09-17T13:56:00.003-04:002019-01-01T21:20:01.070-05:00Why is the U.S Sending Troops Instead of Doctors to West Africa?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ARyCs1O52Pc?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>President Barack Obama is deploying nearly 3,000 military personnel to West Africa to combat the spread of the Ebola virus. The potentially deadly disease has so far claimed the lives of over 2,400 people, prompting world leaders to pledge material support for the countries most affected. Some are not pleased with the US’ response, however, saying that Africa needs more doctors and not more soldiers. RT’s Ameera David discusses this with Kambale Musavuli, a consultant with Thoughtworks.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BIcJb7f9bAA/VBnLMSAiEzI/AAAAAAAAHhw/1gS_FmYAcSY/s1600/waronafrica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BIcJb7f9bAA/VBnLMSAiEzI/AAAAAAAAHhw/1gS_FmYAcSY/s1600/waronafrica.jpg" height="202" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-35161362089432099862014-08-13T16:37:00.001-04:002019-01-01T21:22:02.241-05:00[WATCH THIS] Obama- Toast to the new Africa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cKmFQbGTXac/VBsa4Fa_LSI/AAAAAAAAHiM/RKjGNPB83CQ/s1600/obama%2Btoast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cKmFQbGTXac/VBsa4Fa_LSI/AAAAAAAAHiM/RKjGNPB83CQ/s1600/obama%2Btoast.jpg" height="275" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336346685703522643.post-23334110876200407552014-08-01T16:18:00.001-04:002014-08-01T16:25:48.011-04:00[WATCH THIS] Empire - The New Scramble for Africa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_KM06hTeRSY?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Described by many as the ‘new scramble for Africa', the US, China and other nations are attempting to consolidate their grip on Africa's natural resources and its growing consumer class. Al Jazeera's <i>Empire</i> travels to Kenya, France and the USA to examine who is gaining, who is losing and what it means to Africans.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0uPLPlpgTOc/U9v15jmaMrI/AAAAAAAAHIs/0i5IDm-XYJo/s1600/empire+in+africa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0uPLPlpgTOc/U9v15jmaMrI/AAAAAAAAHIs/0i5IDm-XYJo/s1600/empire+in+africa.jpg" height="176" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">africandynamo.com</div>Yomi Adeyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687803094256567132noreply@blogger.com0